BLACK SOUP RECIPE

Black soup is a popular and tasteful (Edo) Esan soup, it is quite delicious and easy to prepare. This turned out really delicious, I love it and I’m guessing you are going to love it too.

I have been exploring foods by other Nigerian ethnic groups and today we are going to be making the popular edo (esan) black soup.

It really doesn’t matter your language or ethnic group, if you try this soup and get it right, you are going to have the same experience as those that have been enjoying it for ages.

Ingredients

• You can either use bitter leaf or Uziza Vegetable. Scent leaf is optional.
• Ogwimeh oven-baked catfish.
• Washed and grounded bitter leaves.
• Washed and grounded Scent Leaves(optional)
• Washed and grounded Uziza Leaves
• Protein of your choice
• Ground Crayfish
• Ground Pepper to taste
• Seasoning Cubes
• Stockfish
• Palm Oil
• Locust Beans (Iru /Ugba / Ugbevbe)
• 2 teaspoons of Cameroon pepper
• Salt to taste

.

How to Prepare

• Grind your choice of vegetables together, the vegetables give it a dark-green-looking color, hence the name – black soup.
• You can blend to paste by adding a little water to ease up the movement of the blades.
• Wash and boil the meat with half a cup of onions, seasoning cubes and a pinch of salt. Cook for max 20 minutes.
• Add the ground vegetables and leave to boil for ten minutes.
• Add red oil and allow to cook for 10 minutes
• Add Ogwimeh Oven baked catfish, stockfish, crayfish and other protein of your choice.
• Stir, add the seasoning cubes, salt to taste, and cook until mixture thickens. 
• Allow to simmer for another five minutes and you are done.
• Serve with Pounded yam, Eko(Maize mixture), Fufu, Eba,Rice, Yam or Semo!